Below
is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Clayton Moore. If
you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@spybee.com.
We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

Biography

Jack grew up in Illinois and was a circus acrobat at the age of 8.
He would work his way up to aerialist with two circuses and also
appear at the 1934 World's Fair. Jack then went to New York where
he found work as a male model. Hollywood was his next stop and he
entered films in 1938 as a bit player and stuntman. In 1940, at the
suggestion of producer 'Eddie Small', Jack changed his first name
to Clayton. He would appear in 'B' movies and serials through 1942.
After the war, he would return to these supporting roles while
concentrating on westerns. By 1949, he was playing the masked man,
but that man was Zorro in _Ghost of Zorro (1949)_ (qv). Clayton was
hired to appear in the Television version of the popular radio show
called "The Lone Ranger". One of the things that he had to do was
to work on his voice so that he sounded like the radio Lone Ranger.
When he got that right, he would become famous, along with Tonto,
on the small screen. Clayton was "The Lone Ranger" from 1949 to
1952 until he was fired in a salary dispute. Along with Hop-a-long
Cassidy, Clayton was one of the most popular Television western
stars at the time. He was replaced by actor 'John Hart (I)' (qv),
but Hart's tenure was terminated after one season. It was during
this time that Clayton would return to the big screen to enhance
his movie career with such memorable movies as _Radar Men From the
Moon (1952)_ (qv) and _Jungle Drums of Africa (1953)_ (qv). Hired
back, at a higher salary, Clayton would be the Lone Ranger until
the series ended in 1957 after 169 episodes. Clayton would appear
in two color big screen movies, _Lone Ranger, The (1956)_ (qv) and
_Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold, The (1958)_ (qv). After a
lifetime of 'B' movie parts, Clayton found success in a Television
Series and he would continue to make commercials and personal
appearances as "The Lone Ranger" for the next three decades. At his
appearances, Clayton would preach the Ranger's Code of good
behavior which he also practiced as his image would never be
tarnished with the scandals that affected other big stars. In 1975,
Wrather Corporation, which owned the Television series and the
rights to the title character, got a court order to stop Clayton
from appearing in public as "The Lone Ranger". They planned to film
a new big screen movie of the popular hero and did not want the
public to confuse it's new star with the old one. After the film
flopped, Clayton was given permission to again appear as "The Lone
Ranger".

All of the pictures on this site have been gathered from the internet, WWW, usenet or in any other way, none of the images have been produced or scanned by ourself neither do we have the copyright on any of these images, therefore if the copyright owner of any of the pictures on this website has a problem with us having these pictures here, please email us and we will remove the images from this website.Email the webmistress for comments or new suggestions concerning this site.